An Early Childhood Development ctr being constructed with support from @TeamHopeIreland. Investment in early years crucial for child development. Parents noted their child's increased readiness for primary school while children enjoyed learning the alphabet, calendar & singing!
Poverty among lone parents with a job doubled between 2012 and 2017. Poverty is not inevitable and is solvable. @SVP_Ireland is asking EU Election candidates, if elected, to make poverty a priority. Use your vote to make a difference on May 23-24 #svppoverypledge#SVPIreland
A member of a Village Savings and Loan group in Phalombe Malawi supported by @TeamHopeIreland showing her winter cropping. Investing the savings in this way enable the members to grow extra crops a year, encouraging food security and providing extra income.
250 very excited kids in Phalombe, Malawi opening their shoe boxes. Each box brings such joy and makes a big difference to that individual child. They have great ambition & dreams for their future, for many its the exercise books & pens that are favourite items @TeamHopeIreland
ODA, often known as aid, is no silver bullet - developing countries need fair trade, climate justice, financial regulation, tax/debt equity, policy coherence & more - but quality aid is vital to #SDG10 (reduced inequality) #SDG17 (partnership) #LNOB@miseancara@Coalition2030IR
It’s that time of year again! The National Survey on Pay and Benefits 2019 is now online. If you are a charity or non-profit, we need your help with this survey. https://t.co/i7pbSs4sdC @The_Wheel_IRL@CommunityFound@QualMatters
The thousands of young Irish voters who voted in the referendums of 2015 and 2018 now need to turn up for Europe, writes Una Mullally via @IrishTimesOpEd https://t.co/vDzore3KGY
.@SIPTU Global Solidarity hosted the plenary session of @Coalition2030IR today in Liberty Hall. Discussions included the coalition’s manifesto on Sustainable Development for the forthcoming EU and Local Elections #Ireland4SDGs
Stronger integration of frameworks, including human rights commitments, imperative to making concrete, sustainable progress on the transformative #Agenda2030. @Coalition2030IR broad membership working to leverage synergies to progress implementation of #Ireland4SDGs
A stronger connection between the #ParisAgreement & the #SDGs is our best opportunity to achieve sustainable and inclusive development for all. @UNDESA & @UNFCCC work to bring all hands on deck for more ambitious action on #ClimateChange & #GlobalGoals 👉🏽 https://t.co/lrkxZ0UZ3t
After the @IFAmedia - @AnTaisce debate on the @GreenSchoolsIre teacher resource pack last week, there is one place to be this week: In @CrokePark on 11 april at the Sustainable Ireland National Conference on "Small-scale #Food producers and the #SDGs." See https://t.co/IKF44u8Jpl
The Vienna model of housing uses a cost-rental approach, which links rents to incomes. The idea is to disrupt the link between price and market values and moderate the boom-bust cycle. In Vienna, about two thirds of the population live in social housing https://t.co/w22ARyLeZc
Irish school student to politicians:
“You give us compliments on how amazing it is that school children are standing up for their futures. You said you were inspired.....Your compliments are worthless to us without actions" https://t.co/g8HeikZnB7 #ClimateAction#FridaysForFuture
Working to achieve the #SDGs? Documenting your work through video/animation? @UNDESA is currently seeking short film entries for the SDGs in Action Film Festival! Read more at https://t.co/rFzbuwv6jV #Bridge47
“If Europe wants to make a difference for its citizens, we need to put sustainability first,“ @TimmermansEU Spitzenkandidat for @PES_PSE at the Youth Day organised by @Youth_Forum & @YESocialists#ChangeIsComing
Community, voluntary & charitable orgs - take part in National Pay & Benefits Survey 2019, which aims to develop an overview of pay & benefits in the non-profit sector. Orgs that complete the survey will be entered into a draw for €300. Open until 3 May. https://t.co/i7pbSs4sdC
MEPs have overwhelmingly voted for an EU-wide ban on a range of single-use plastics, such as the straws, cutlery and cotton buds, by 2021. https://t.co/zXEbnx82nZ